who thinks this is a bunch of adoo about nothing? I'm not even a Pats fan, and I don't see what the big deal is. I'm trying to dial up some outrage, but all I dial up is that the Colts come off as a bunch of b(tches.
Look a little harder pretty much every single former NFL player I've heard sounded pretty pissed about it.I've yet to hear any current or ex-NFL express shock or outrage. It appears every QB gets to doctor the ball to their liking and it's a gentlemen's agreement on self-policing. Colts felt Brady went too far.
As I said in another thread, this situation is this generations George Brett pine tar.
And the Colts expressed concern about it on November 16th. For the people who don't care about the cheating just because the Patriots are so much better than the Colts, how do you feel about it if they did the exact same thing against Baltimore? You would really have to put your head in the sand to think they didn't do it against the much better team (Baltimore).That is a very generous reading of the situation given that the Colts expressed concern not more than three days ago.
It doesn't appear that "every QB gets to doctor the ball".
That is a very generous reading of the situation given that the Colts expressed concern not more than three days ago.
It doesn't appear that "every QB gets to doctor the ball".
And the Colts expressed concern about it on November 16th. For the people who don't care about the cheating just because the Patriots are so much better than the Colts, how do you feel about it if they did the exact same thing against Baltimore? You would really have to put your head in the sand to think they didn't do it against the much better team (Baltimore).
The Aaron Rodgers thing has been covered over and over again, reading comprehension people.Google the Eli Manning story from a few years ago. Every ex-NFL'er on ESPN radio from Golic to Theismann, Schlereth, etc said they all do it. Phil Simms was on the air earlier this year talking about how Aaron Rogers likes to over inflate the balls. Brad Johnson supposedly bragged about $7K to get the balls to his liking at the Super Bowl.
The common theme is that every team's QB works with the equipment manager and the manager knows what the QB expects. Before each game the QB will go through a bunch of the footballs and let the manager know which ones to give to the refs for the game.
It's like goldilocks. Some QB's like 'em hard, some like 'em soft and some like them in the middle.
Any divide in player reaction can be split between active players and retired players. Retired players aren't trying to win games any more.
Totally agree but don't understand why it's the lead story on every espn show and covered on every national news show. Fine them and move on. Who cares?Aaron Rodgers was complaining that he isn't allowed to inflate the ball to his liking. In his opinion, there should be a minimum inflation level, but not a maximum.
In other words, he's forced to play by the rules.
Tom Brady, however, doesn't feel so inclined.
And therein lies the rub - it's a rule. There is actually a procedure in place to ensure compliance and the Patriots willfully deflated the balls after they had been inspected.
Recap.
There is a rule.
The Patriots know the rule.
The Patriots present balls within the limits of the rule.
The Patriots then break the rule.
It can't be explained away, mitigated or equivocated.
Sorry.
Hypocrits much? Like no NFL OL hold on many plays, DBs never interfere, WRs never push off/interfere, players aren't on performance enhancing stuff, teams other than the Patsies don't try to steal signals, etc. etc. etc. May the Seahawks beat the Patsies to a pulp, but some of Seattle's players will likely cheat in some fashion as well in the Super Bowl. No one likes the Patriots, simple enough as they're sort of a Boston team, but fans of many other teams are just tired of their teams losing too often to New England.Look a little harder pretty much every single former NFL player I've heard sounded pretty pissed about it.
Aaron Rodgers was complaining that he isn't allowed to inflate the ball to his liking. In his opinion, there should be a minimum inflation level, but not a maximum.
In other words, he's forced to play by the rules.
Tom Brady, however, doesn't feel so inclined.
And therein lies the rub - it's a rule. There is actually a procedure in place to ensure compliance and the Patriots willfully deflated the balls after they had been inspected.
Recap.
There is a rule.
The Patriots know the rule.
The Patriots present balls within the limits of the rule.
The Patriots then break the rule.
It can't be explained away, mitigated or equivocated.
Sorry.
This is kind of riveting and at the same time, when you really think about it, kind of stupid. So the Patriots are on offense and are using a flat ball. At every play stoppage a ref picks up the ball and spots it. If the ball was so flat that it was giving the Patriots some sort of shocking advantage, why don't the refs or an opposing player make a big deal out of it then and there? It seems kind of dramatic that people think the ball was so soft that the Pats couldn't fumble it but the officials never noticed this "flatness". We made it through 3 hours of game time between play, play stoppages, and breaks without it coming up and now the Pats never fumble because they use a flat football?
I agree, it is clearly cheating. However, it is cheating like all the other cheating in sports, built in with a wink and a nod.